2 Little Boy killed 1.4 lakh people and injured 35,000. Little Boy was the nickname of the atom bomb that fell over the city of Hiroshima. By the end of 1945, Little Boy had killed more than 1,40,000 people in Hiroshima, which turned into heaps of mangled concrete and metal. Peace Memorial Park and Atomic Bomb Dome (left) were built in Hiroshima to pay respects to those killed by Little Boy atom bomb in 1945. Oleander was the first to bloom again a year after the Little Boy destroyed the parent city.

Source: India Today August 06, 2017 07:37 UTC